September 3, 2008

I’ve only used a Migration Wizard once, and that was as research for a book. But for my new PC, I actually took the plunge and used a migration wizard. It worked as advertised, but I don’t know whether I’ll use one again.(more…)

September 1, 2008

The oldest PC in my office got replaced this past week. It was pushing 7 years, which is a year too long for my recommended PC upgrade cycle. Unpacking the new PC revealed something I’ve never seen before in any computer box: A Windows XP downgrade disc.(more…)

August 29, 2008

Can you control Apple? I’ll bet you can. Just buy an Apple product — a Mac or iPod — and within three weeks they’ll come out with a new one. It’s like controlling the stock market: buying stock and then seeing its price go down. But stock prices may come back up. With Apple, your old junk is just junk … unless you know where to look.(more…)

August 27, 2008

Print media is not dead. Printed material will always be with us, primarily for the reasons of permanence and portability. Newspaper publishers specifically need to understand what business they’re in now that the timeliness factor is owned by the Internet. Better still, they can exploit the power of the computer to deliver content and advertising in a powerful, profitable manner.(more…)

August 25, 2008

In the late 1990s I attended a convention where the keynote address was titled (in part) Roadkill on the Information Superhighway. Nearly 10 years later I can proudly declare one species as roadkill: the newspaper. But they weren’t killed. Instead, they ran out into traffic and got squished.(more…)

August 18, 2008

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